Recovery 1
Most common addiction across the nation...
The 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) indicates that 28.9 million people aged 12 and older, or 10.2% of this population, battled an alcohol use disorder in the past year.
Substance with a high death rate in the U.S., higher than suicide
Fentanyl
Process by which the body rids itself of a drug...
Detoxification or Withdrawal
Professional specializing in treating mental & emotional disorders is known as...
Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Therapist, Counselor
What does HALT stand for? (Used in recovery education)
What is HUNGRY, ANGRY, LONELY, TIRED?
What is the first step?
A return of alcohol or other drug use, or gambling, which someone has previously managed to control or quit completely
When you have time to be with your own thoughts (specifically negative in this case)
isolation and boredom
A therapeutic tool used to identify and list a person’s triggers for using substances again and strategies for how a person can manage their triggers throughout the recovery process.
What is a Relapse Prevention Plan
What is the minimum recommended length of time a person should stay in treatment for the best chance of staying sober?
90 days
a return to substance use or addictive behaviors after a period of abstinence.
What is a Relapse
Violent or aggressive behavior within the home. Is common after coming under the influence
Domestic Violence, assault, and theft
Refraining from ALL illicit drugs and alcohol...
Sobriety, Clean Time, or Abstaining
A nursing home, home for the aged, adult foster care facility, hospice facility, substance use disorder residential facility, or assisted living facility. It does not include independent living facilities.
Residential Facility
They help us manage our emotions related to difficult times to improve emotional health and help us grow as people. Behaviors, attitudes, and approaches
Healthy Coping skills
The coexistence of a mental health disorder and a substance use disorder. The symptoms of one condition make the other condition worse, and vice versa
Dual Diagnosis
Drugs in this category include cocaine, amphetamines and caffeine
Stimulants
A powerful desire for something that usually passes.
Craving
Can be Internal and external. Is the biggest reason for relapse
Trigger
One of the most common & effective coping skills a person in early recovery can develop is, this string of behaviors characterized by "a sequence of actions regularly followed"...
Routine or structure
A realization period for someone suffering from addiction. A call to higher consciousness and deeper mental awareness. The process brings about personal transformation and a shift in one’s worldview.
Spiritual Awakening
Name an example of an external relapse trigger.
People, places, and things
What is the 3rd step in the 12 steps?
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
With continued substance abuse the brain will stop producing this brain chemical that enables pleasure..
Dopamine
A higher power
Lingering withdrawal symptoms that can occur weeks or months after stopping substance use
Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)
the five most addictive drugs rated are
"Exposure to ________ is associated with drug addiction in humans and can induce relapse and craving."
What is Stress
When was AA founded and by who?
co-founded by Bill Wilson (Bill W.) and Dr. Robert Smith (Dr. Bob) in Akron, Ohio, in 1935